# Otin

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'''Otines''' refer to the female [Muslim](/source/Muslim) religious scholars in [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br2Zx8VFelIC&q=otine%2520soviet&pg=PA252 |title=Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: The Morality of Experience |last=Rasanayagam |first=Johan |date=2010-11-08 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781139495264 |language=en}}</ref> They were regarded as the guardian of the [Islamic faith](/source/Islamic_faith) in the era of [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nA1jDgAAQBAJ&q=Otine%2520islam&pg=PT148 |title=Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition |last=Corcoran-Nantes |first=Yvonne |date=2013-07-04 |publisher=Zed Books Ltd. |isbn=9781848137295 |language=en}}</ref>
Otines are recognised as leaders in the local community. Their position has a high status, somewhat similar to a [mullah's](/source/mullah),<ref>{{cite journal
  | last = Northrop
  | first = Douglas 
  | title = Subaltern Dialogues: Subversion and Resistance in Soviet Uzbek Family Law
  | journal = Slavic Review
  | volume = 60
  | issue = 1
  | pages = 115–139
  | date = Spring 2001
  | doi = 10.2307/2697646
  | publisher = The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
  | jstor = 2697646| s2cid = 147540996 
 }}</ref> and certain otines are officially recognized by their country's Muslim board{{clarify|date=February 2013}}.<ref>{{Cite book
  | last =  Corcoran-Nantes
  | first = Yvonne 
  | title = Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition
  | place = London, New York
  | publisher = Zed Books
  | year = 2005
  | page = [https://archive.org/details/lostvoicescentra0000corc/page/141 141]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/lostvoicescentra0000corc
  | url-access =  registration
  | isbn = 1-84277-537-5
  }}</ref> Otines also serve as teachers at [religious schools](/source/Madrasah) for girls.<ref>{{cite journal
  | last = Kamp
  | first = Marianne R.
  | title = Three Lives of Saodat: Communist, Uzbek, Survivor
  | journal = The Oral History Review
  | volume = 28
  | issue = 2
  | pages = 21–58
  | date = Summer–Autumn 2001
  | doi = 10.1525/ohr.2001.28.2.21| s2cid = 154878776
 }}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Fathi, Habiba. (March 1997). "Otines: The unknown women clerics of Central Asian Islam". ''[Central Asian Survey](/source/Central_Asian_Survey)'' '''16''' (1): 27–43.
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